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we are light beings
'Which is true: the picture of
reality that natural science presents us, or the one that the mystic experiences
in visions? This question can only be asked by one who thinks that natural
science and the mystical world view are mutually exclusive. But that is
not the case. On the contrary, natural science and the mystical experience
complete each other (...) Light is the original cosmic energy source. All
life, the life of plants, animals and human beings, is formed and sustained
by light. Even the thought process of the human brain is fed by this energy
source. Therefore the human mind, our consciousness, represents the highest,
most sublime energetic transformation of light. We are light beings; that
is not only a mystical experience but scientific knowledge as well. This
example should be sufficiant to point out that natural science and mysticism
contain not contrary but complementary empirical knowledge.'
(Albert Hofmann in 'Entheogens and the Future of Religion') |
... a much greater perspective
'Many people who took LSD, mushrooms,
or whatever it was, along with a little reading of The Tibetan Book of
the Dead, or some Zen texts, had the gates of wisdom opened to a certain
extent.They began to see that their limited consciousness was only one
plane and one level and that there were a thousand new things to discover
about the mind. There are many new realms, new perspectives on birth and
death; on the nature of mind and consciousness as the field of creation,
rather than the mechanical result of having a body, the biological result;
and on the myth of separation and the truth of the oneness of things. Great
kinds of wisdom opened up, and for some people, their hearts too. They
began to see the dance in much greater perspective.'
(Jack Kornfield in 'Entheogens and the Future of Religion') |
